Jay-Z has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no tour, festival booking or one-off show on the calendar for either country. His only concerts still to come anywhere are two nights at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles, on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October 2026, the last dates of the anniversary series known as the Jay-Z 30 Tour. Nothing has been published for 2027.
Australian and New Zealand audiences have seen him on only two trips. In October 2006 he made his first Australian appearances at the Roc Tha Block hip-hop shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, during a world tour linked to the United Nations' Water for Life campaign. Four years later he was the special guest on the Oceania leg of U2's 360° Tour, playing ten stadium nights between Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium on 25 November 2010 and Perth on 19 December 2010.
This page explains what is and is not known about a possible Jay-Z return, and gives a full account of his concerts in the region: the arena shows of 2006 and the 2010 stadium run in front of more than 500,000 U2 ticket holders across five cities. Facts come from Wikipedia and the setlist archive; anything uncertain has been left out.
There is no official Jay-Z Australia Tour 2027. No promoter has listed an Australian or New Zealand date, no stadium or arena in either country has a Jay-Z show on sale, and no 2027 festival line-up published so far includes him. The Jay-Z 30 Tour, announced in June 2026, was presented as a short series of anniversary concerts rather than a world tour: three nights at Yankee Stadium in New York from 10 to 12 July, two at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on 4 and 5 September, one at the Stade de France near Paris on 10 September and the two Los Angeles nights later this month.
The anniversaries behind the series are those of Reasonable Doubt, released in 1996, and The Blueprint, released in 2001. Before Yankee Stadium he headlined the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in May 2026, his first headline set in six years. None of this has included Oceania, and no extension beyond October 2026 has been announced.
Jay-Z has not released a solo studio album since 4:44 in 2017, and his touring over the past decade has been occasional: the 4:44 Tour of North America in 2017, the On the Run II stadium tour with Beyoncé in 2018, which visited North America and Europe, and the 2026 anniversary concerts. He has never headlined a full tour of his own in Australia or New Zealand; both of his visits came as part of bigger events.
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Jay-Z's first concerts in Australia came in October 2006, during the world tour he undertook around the release of Kingdom Come. That tour was coordinated with his work for the United Nations' Water for Life campaign, and MTV filmed it for the special The Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life, which premiered in November 2006. In Australia the shows were billed as Roc Tha Block, a hip-hop event with Jay-Z at the top of the bill.
The setlist archive lists three arena dates: the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Wednesday 25 October 2006, the Brisbane Entertainment Centre later that week and Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Saturday 28 October 2006. No song lists are recorded for those nights, so we do not reproduce one here. The 2006 trip did not include New Zealand, Perth or Adelaide.
His second visit was very different. In August 2010 it was announced that Jay-Z would be U2's special guest on the Australian and New Zealand leg of the U2 360° Tour, with its huge four-legged 'claw' stage in the middle of each stadium. The leg opened at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 November 2010, his first concerts in New Zealand. Wikipedia records attendance of 93,519 over those two nights.
The tour then crossed the Tasman. Jay-Z played Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Wednesday 1 and Friday 3 December 2010, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 December and ANZ Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 December. The last two nights were in Perth on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 December 2010, at the ground Wikipedia lists as Subiaco Oval and the setlist archive as Patersons Stadium.
Wikipedia's box-office figures give a sense of the scale: 105,312 people for the two Melbourne nights, 85,745 in Brisbane, 107,155 in Sydney and 108,706 in Perth, on top of the Auckland crowds. Jay-Z's support sets, usually 11 to 15 songs, were played to those same crowds before U2 came on.
In all, the archive lists 13 Jay-Z concerts in Australia and New Zealand: three in 2006 and ten in 2010. Melbourne and Sydney have had three each, Brisbane three, Perth and Auckland two each. He has not performed in either country since 19 December 2010.
The table below lists 13 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Jay-Z between 2006 and 2010, with the most shows in Sydney (3), Brisbane (3), Melbourne (3), Perth (2), Auckland (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.
| Date | City | Venue | Tour / event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 December 2010 | Perth | Patersons Stadium | |
| 18 December 2010 | Perth | Patersons Stadium | |
| 14 December 2010 | Sydney | ANZ Stadium | |
| 13 December 2010 | Sydney | ANZ Stadium | |
| 9 December 2010 | Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium | |
| 8 December 2010 | Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium | |
| 3 December 2010 | Melbourne | Etihad Stadium | |
| 1 December 2010 | Melbourne | Etihad Stadium | |
| 26 November 2010 | Auckland | Mount Smart Stadium | |
| 25 November 2010 | Auckland | Mount Smart Stadium | |
| 28 October 2006 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | Water for Life Tour |
| 26 October 2006 | Brisbane | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Water for Life Tour |
| 25 October 2006 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | Water for Life Tour |
Concert data: setlist.fm
Across the 8 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (25 November 2010 to 19 December 2010), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.
Shawn Corey Carter was born in Brooklyn on 4 December 1969 and grew up in the Marcy Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant. A protégé of the rapper Jaz-O, he began recording in the late 1980s and in 1994 co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records, which released his first two albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997). Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998) made him a star, and his guest verse on Mariah Carey's 'Heartbreaker' in 1999 gave him a US number one.
The Blueprint, released on 11 September 2001, is widely ranked among the greatest hip-hop albums. The Blueprint 2 (2002) and The Black Album (2003), with '99 Problems' and 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder', followed, and he featured on Beyoncé's 'Crazy in Love'. From 2004 to 2007 he was president of Def Jam Recordings, where he helped launch Kanye West, Rihanna and Ne-Yo, before returning with Kingdom Come (2006) and American Gangster (2007).
The Blueprint 3 (2009) brought 'Empire State of Mind' with Alicia Keys, his only US number one as lead artist a song that came at or near the end of every documented 2010 set in Australia and New Zealand. Watch the Throne with Kanye West came in 2011, Magna Carta Holy Grail in 2013 and the confessional 4:44 in 2017. With Beyoncé, as the Carters, he released Everything Is Love in 2018.
Jay-Z has sold about 125 million records and won 25 Grammy Awards. He founded Roc Nation in 2008, led the expansion of the streaming service Tidal, became hip-hop's first billionaire in 2019 and was the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021, and in 2023 Billboard and Vibe ranked him the greatest rapper of all time.
| Album | Year | AUS chart peak |
|---|---|---|
| Reasonable Doubt | 1996 | — |
| In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 | 1997 | — |
| Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life | 1998 | — |
| Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter | 1999 | — |
| The Dynasty: Roc La Familia | 2000 | — |
| The Blueprint | 2001 | — |
| The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse | 2002 | — |
| The Black Album | 2003 | — |
| Kingdom Come | 2006 | — |
| American Gangster | 2007 | — |
| The Blueprint 3 | 2009 | — |
| Watch the Throne (with Kanye West) | 2011 | — |
| Magna Carta Holy Grail | 2013 | — |
| 4:44 | 2017 | — |
| Everything Is Love (the Carters) | 2018 | — |
The 2010 visit put Jay-Z in front of the biggest crowds of his career in the region. U2's 360° Tour used a single central stage with seating all around it, which allowed stadiums to sell far more tickets than an end-stage show. Across Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, Wikipedia's figures add up to more than 500,000 tickets for the ten nights.
Being the support act also shaped what fans saw. His sets were short and built from hits: 'Run This Town', 'On to the Next One', 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder', '99 Problems', 'Izzo (H.O.V.A.)', 'Big Pimpin'', 'Young Forever', 'Empire State of Mind' and 'Numb / Encore'. For many Australians, that support slot is still the only Jay-Z performance they have seen.
A return on that scale would need a stadium-sized booking of his own or another special event. Nothing of the kind has been announced for 2027.
Melbourne has had three Jay-Z concerts: Rod Laver Arena on 28 October 2006 and Etihad Stadium in Docklands on 1 and 3 December 2010. Etihad Stadium has since been known by other sponsors' names and is now Marvel Stadium. Sydney has also had three: the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Haymarket on 25 October 2006, a venue since demolished, and ANZ Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park on 13 and 14 December 2010.
The Melbourne show on 3 December 2010 stands out in the archive for opening with the Panjabi MC track 'Mundian to Bach Ke (Beware of the Boys)' before 'Public Service Announcement'.
Brisbane is the only city to have hosted Jay-Z on both visits: the Brisbane Entertainment Centre at Boondall in October 2006, and Suncorp Stadium at Milton on 8 and 9 December 2010. The archive's Brisbane lists from 2010 include 'Jigga That Nigga', 'Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)' and 'Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)', which did not feature in every city.
Perth had to wait until the final weekend of 2010, when the U2 tour reached the West on 18 and 19 December. The Sunday night, 19 December 2010, was the last Jay-Z concert in Australia to date. Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra and Darwin have never had a Jay-Z show.
New Zealand has had two Jay-Z concerts, both at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, on 25 and 26 November 2010. They were his first performances in the country and opened the whole Oceania leg of U2's tour. The archive's set lists for both nights include 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)', 'The R.O.C.' and 'Show Me What You Got', songs not recorded at the Australian shows.
He has never played Wellington or Christchurch, and no New Zealand date has been announced for 2026 or 2027.
Jay-Z's support sets in 2010 ran to between 11 and 15 songs. In Sydney on 14 December 2010 he played 'Run This Town', 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder', 'Is That Yo Bitch', 'Diamonds From Sierra Leone', 'On to the Next One', 'U Don't Know', 'Izzo (H.O.V.A.)', 'Big Pimpin'', 'A Dream', 'Public Service Announcement', '99 Problems', 'Numb / Encore', 'Young Forever' and 'Empire State of Mind'. The Perth set on 19 December 2010 was identical.
His headline concerts today are on a very different scale. On the 2026 anniversary series the set ran to more than 30 songs: the Stade de France show on 10 September 2026 is documented with 36, from 'On to the Next One' to 'Numb / Encore', and the New York nights featured guests drawn from his whole career.
The list below shows the songs he has played most often at documented Australian and New Zealand concerts. Because his only full sets here were support slots, many of his best-known album tracks have never been performed live in the region.
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Is Jay-Z touring Australia in 2027?
Not as of 9 October 2026. No Australian or New Zealand dates have been announced. His remaining concerts are at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on 23 and 24 October 2026.
When did Jay-Z last play in Australia?
In Perth on Sunday 19 December 2010, the final night of U2's 360° Tour of Australia, on which he was the special guest.
When did Jay-Z first perform in Australia?
In October 2006, at the Roc Tha Block shows: the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 25 October, the Brisbane Entertainment Centre and Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 28 October.
Has Jay-Z ever headlined his own tour of Australia?
Only the three Roc Tha Block arena shows of October 2006, where he topped the bill. In 2010 he was U2's support act.
Has Jay-Z played in New Zealand?
Yes, twice, at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 25 and 26 November 2010, opening for U2.
What is the Jay-Z 30 Tour?
A series of anniversary concerts in 2026 marking 30 years of Reasonable Doubt and 25 years of The Blueprint: Yankee Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Stade de France and SoFi Stadium. It has no Australian or New Zealand dates.
What songs did Jay-Z play in Australia?
His 2010 sets included 'Run This Town', 'On to the Next One', '99 Problems', 'Izzo (H.O.V.A.)', 'Big Pimpin'', 'Public Service Announcement', 'Young Forever', 'Empire State of Mind' and 'Numb / Encore'.
What is Jay-Z's latest album?
His latest solo studio album is 4:44 (2017). Everything Is Love, with Beyoncé as the Carters, followed in 2018.
Is there a presale code for Jay-Z Australia 2027?
No. Without an announced concert there is no presale. Official presale codes are always free and come from the artist, the promoter or a card partner.
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